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Dollie (Dorothy) Ferguson Cowan, longtime resident of Tidewater, Va., died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001. Born Dec. 23, 1909, in Southhampton County, Va., she was the widow of C. Vernon Cowan, and is survived by their daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Carle Johnson of Mechanicsville. She is also survived by five grandchildren and their spouses, Carle S. Johnson Jr. and Marilyn of Annapolis, Md., Douglas C. Johnson and Cathy, Patricia Johnson, Dennis Johnson and Meredith Holden, all of Mechanicsville; 11 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Virginia Fox Williams, 69, of Mechanicsville, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, John S. (Jack) Williams; loving mother of two sons, Tom Williams and his wife, Sue, of Colonial Heights and Jay Williams and his wife, Jackie, of Waynesboro; one sister, Katherine Morgan of Yorktown. Mrs. Williams was a paralegal for Internal Revenue Services and a member of Shalom Baptist Church of Mechanicsville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shalom Baptist Church.

SELBY - CAMP Helen Elise Camp and Jonathan Edward Selby were married Sept. 9 at the Church of the Creator in Mechanicsville by the Rev. Anne Manson. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Jackson Camp Jr. of Mechanicsville. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a food technologist at Eskimo Pie Corp. in Richmond. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Selby of Williamsburg. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., and is a chemist at Albright and Wilson in Richmond.

T. Stuart Wells Sr., 68, of Urbanna, formerly of Mechanicsville, Va., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Wells; a daughter, Tammy Green; a son, Tom Wells Jr., and his wife, Sara; four grandchildren, Megan Lynn and Nicholas Austin Green, Rachael Claire and Jeremy Thomas Wells; a sister, Edith Dickerson; and a brother, Clarence S. Wells. Mr. Wells was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church for 25 years, Black Creek Church for 11 years and after moving to Urbanna nine years ago, was currently a member of Saluda Baptist Church.

Cornelius B. Apple, of Mechanicsville, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000. He is survived by his wife, Kylene A. Apple; a son, Charles B. Apple; a daughter, Teresa E. Gammon; four grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Beckelhimer. Friends may call between 4 and 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee Davis Road, where services will be held at 6 p.m. Interment will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in Parklawn Memorial Park in Hampton. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the American Lung Association.

Virginia Dare Clark, 83, of Sandston, Va., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harwood S. Clark. She is survived by a niece, Janet Cole, and a great-nephew, Matthew Cole of Hampton. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 at the Mechanicsville Chapel, Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee Davis Road, Mechanicsville, VA. and where the services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Nancy and Bill Neale of Mechanicsville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to Jason Bane Pettengill, son of Desi and Ray Pettengill of New Kent. Sarah graduated from Atlee High School and Lynchburg College with a B.S. in nursing. She is currently a registered nurse at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville. Jason graduated from New Kent High School and The Virginia Military Institute with a B.S. in environmental and civil engineering.

Funeral services for Mattie D. Kelly will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Carter Funeral Home-Denbigh Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Va. A guestbook is available at www.carterfuneralhomes.com.